italian culture

Italian culture, past and present, is a masterclass in how brilliance, chaos, and beauty can coexist. From Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio to the Renaissance and the Baroque; from Pirandello, Svevo, Moravia and Primo Levi to Calvino, Eco, and, most recently, Elena Ferrante and Roberto Saviano, it continues to surprise and produce the very best.

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Adult Fiction

Dark Heart Silvia Avallone Review

June 18, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Dark Heart Silvia Avallone Review
A novel about second chances, which blends romance and melodrama, Dark Heart is strangely compulsive reading. Silvia Avallone’s heroine is both a deeply sensitive soul and fiercely independent. A paradoxical figure, she provokes both irritation […]
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Adult Fiction

Paradiso Michele Masneri Review

April 30, 2026 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Paradiso Michele Masneri Review
Continental, classy and chic, Paradiso by Michele Masneri is an entertaining read. Federico Desideri, a young, underpaid, disillusioned journalist from Milan, is sent to Rome by his editor-in-chief at Comic Sans — “a niche magazine […]
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Adult Fiction

Thirsty Sea Erica Mou Review

May 9, 2022 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Thirsty Sea Erica Mou Review
BookBlast review of debut novel Thirsty Sea by Italian singer-songwriter Erica Mou (tr. Clarissa Botsford), written at the kitchen table of her rented accommodation in London. The image maybe be near-perfect but what lies behind […]